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Title: Riding the Snake by Stephen J. Cannell ISBN: 0-380-80016-0 Publisher: Avon Pub. Date: 03 August, 1999 Format: Mass Market Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $6.99 |
Average Customer Rating: 4 (33 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: Jet propelled thriller populated by unforgetable characters.
Comment: Stephen J. Cannell has created a stunning book that combines ingenious plotting with insightful characterization. RIDING THE SNAKE slithers through the deadly and byzantine world of Chinese Triads, a deadly variant of organized crime that makes La Cosa Nostra look like the Girl Scouts.
The unlikely hero of Cannell's latest work is Wheeler Cassidy. Wheeler is an American classic, a pathetic, spoiled country club drunk who is resurrected by the perils of Cannell's gripping plot.
The unlikely alliance between Wheeler and a cynical, black cop, Tanisha Williams, is enriched by Cannell's extraordinary gift for idiom and detail. Throughout the book one is struck by the honesty and richness of dialogue. And no matter how treacherous the jeoprady, Cannell manages to enliven the proceedings with unexpected, and completely welcome, humor.
RIDING THE SNAKE is not just a sensational thriller, it is a revelatory expose of the threat posed by Chinese organized crime. Cannell has done his homework. The book is an eye openner.
Cannell plots better than Grisham or Clancy and renders characters with greater resonance than Dilillo or Russo. RIDING THE SNAKE is an unforgetable read and, inevitably, will be a wildly popular movie.
Rating: 4
Summary: Really, really good!
Comment: I, being a very fickle reader--meaning that if I don't like something about the book, or something about it rubs me the wrong way--or if it is unbearably boring, I will stop reading it--found this book to be almost perfect. It kept me held tight until the last page. I bought it because I buy anything with a multi-cultural character make up--and I was even happier to discover that there was an IR relationship involved. But like another reveiwer said, the IR relationship took a backseat to the general greatness of this books' plot. It was really good, interesting, fast paced, and I loved the characters--all of them. I especially loved Fu Hai's journey for freedom, for wealth, for something different from the hardship he'd been accustomed to his entire existence. Cannell's writing is airtight, and he knows what he's talking about--which is another plus. My only qualms, which constituted removing one star from my rating--was the horrible slang he used for the South Central characters--including the main character Tanisha's dialogue at times. It was laughable, and I, being an African American female, didn't know what the people were talking about half the time because they were saying things I've never even heard before. But, I didn't grow up anywhere like South Central L.A. either so maybe I'm just not hip enough... Anyway, the book was great, go get it.
Rating: 5
Summary: Never a dull moment - action from first page to the last
Comment: Wheeler Cassidy is an alcoholic rich boy whose only aim in life is to hang out at the Country Club bar to get drunk and pick up on member's wives. Living off estate money yet often running short, his decline on the steep side after the death of his father, he lives one day just as the last until his up-and-coming, successful, brother Prescott is killed.
Shortly following his death, his secretary Angie Wong is brutally murdered; and beautiful black Tanisha Williams from the LAPD Asian Crimes unit is called to the scene. Tanisha grew up in the gang infested streets of the LA 'hoods' and watched her five year old sister die from a gunshot wound. She wanted to fight back by becoming a police officer but soon became untouchable on the force and under IA investigation when transferred to the Asian Crimes unit, the worst place for a black female officer.
Tanisha and Wheeler make a very unlikely team as the hunt begins for Prescott and Angies murderers; both of them out of luck and out of time and out of patience. From LA to Hong Kong they search for clues to the murders, soon becoming targets themselves.
Interwoven into their desperate man hunt is the story of Fu Hai, an innocent man imprisoned for crimes his father did not even commit. He finally frees himself from Khotan and step by step begins his journey to America, trying to 'Ride The Snake' as an illegal immigrant. His journey is brutal and degrading and yet filled with hope that he will be able to someday also free his sister who is trapped in poverty. Fu Hai must sell himself to the tongs to ride the snake, and so his journey is a long series of hardships, deceptions, beatings, and illness.
With amazing descriptions of Hong Kong harbor, streets and ghettos, palaces and The Walled City, Mr. Cannell takes you on an incredibly face paced adventure in this non-stop action novel. The suspense stays with you right to the ending, each page packing a punch. Great book for airplane travel or a weekend snuggled in your favorite chair.
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Title: The Plan by Stephen J. Cannell ISBN: 0380727544 Publisher: Avon Pub. Date: 01 July, 1996 List Price(USD): $7.99 |
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Title: Final Victim by Stephen J. Cannell ISBN: 0380728168 Publisher: Avon Pub. Date: 01 June, 1997 List Price(USD): $7.99 |
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Title: The Devil's Workshop : A Novel by Stephen J. Cannell ISBN: 0380732211 Publisher: HarperTorch Pub. Date: 01 November, 2000 List Price(USD): $6.99 |
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Title: The Viking Funeral by Stephen J. Cannell ISBN: 0312983433 Publisher: St. Martin's Press Pub. Date: 15 December, 2002 List Price(USD): $6.99 |
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Title: The Tin Collectors : A Novel by Stephen J. Cannell ISBN: 0312979517 Publisher: St. Martin's Press Pub. Date: 07 January, 2002 List Price(USD): $6.99 |
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